Everyone leaving the theater agreed that this was a disgusting, disturbing, nauseating movie. There were many times I wanted to get up and leave but there was a thread of compassion for this person which is what the director James Franco wanted you to feel.
He was brave for presenting a film so outside of anything you've ever seen before and with an actor so brilliant and convincing, yet my recommendation is to avoid this movie.
It's the story of a man who's last family died when he was 9, and when he is older, the bank takes his home so he is lost and alone living in the woods and turning into a feral animal. It's graphic about defecation, mucus, and necrophilia, but the fact that no one left the theater is a miracle.
Scott Haze who played the lead, went into the woods of Tennessee to prepare for the role and spent much of his time living alone. He ate only fish and apples and lost 35 lbs to prepare for this sad, haunting, disturbing performance. Most of the time you can't understand what he says and he is on screen for most of the movie with little human communication.
James Franco wanted to convey (In an interview after the movie) how all people have the same needs, and this was done. I thought that his direction was brilliant. Yet, it is so wrong to put his name on the film as one of the actors when he has what really amounts to a cameo appearance.
In summation, cheer on Scott Haze if he is nominated, as he should be for an academy award and also James Franco for direction. Don't miss any of his next performances, but avoid this movie unless you have a very strong stomach.
He was brave for presenting a film so outside of anything you've ever seen before and with an actor so brilliant and convincing, yet my recommendation is to avoid this movie.
It's the story of a man who's last family died when he was 9, and when he is older, the bank takes his home so he is lost and alone living in the woods and turning into a feral animal. It's graphic about defecation, mucus, and necrophilia, but the fact that no one left the theater is a miracle.
Scott Haze who played the lead, went into the woods of Tennessee to prepare for the role and spent much of his time living alone. He ate only fish and apples and lost 35 lbs to prepare for this sad, haunting, disturbing performance. Most of the time you can't understand what he says and he is on screen for most of the movie with little human communication.
James Franco wanted to convey (In an interview after the movie) how all people have the same needs, and this was done. I thought that his direction was brilliant. Yet, it is so wrong to put his name on the film as one of the actors when he has what really amounts to a cameo appearance.
In summation, cheer on Scott Haze if he is nominated, as he should be for an academy award and also James Franco for direction. Don't miss any of his next performances, but avoid this movie unless you have a very strong stomach.